First, get a whole bunch of Twinkies! There’s no use denying it, this part is a childhood dream come true 🙂 I had to empty the grocery store shelves of only two local grocery stores. A passing shopper remarked, “I guess you like Twinkies”, and not having time to explain, I replied, “Yeah–it’s my birthday!” […]

Hello Creative Types, and Welcome to my first blog ever! I want to share with you my materials and techniques, as well as a word on the cost and feasibility, for the various fun art projects and other hair-brained ideas I’ve participated in. This first project was for a competition held by the Maritime Aquarium in […]

First, get a Grandma. Almost any Grandma will do, because even the most basic models come equipped with knitting and crocheting as standard functions, right? But make sure your Grandma is kind, patient, persistent, and game for a challenge! Step 2 is to choose a lighthouse that would look good done in wool. We chose […]

This is my fourth year entering the Maritime Aquarium’s Festival of Lighthouses. I have won, placed and showed in the past three years, so the creative pressure was on to make something that was purely delightful. I chose gingerbread and peppermint for my vocabulary. I pictured brickwork out of gingerbread, with ornamentation of peppermint. […]